BT has finally blocked access to The Pirate Bay, joining the other UK internet service providers (ISPs) that have done so following a high court order.

BT has finally blocked access to The Pirate Bay, joining the other UK internet service providers (ISPs) that have done so following a high court order.

It follows in the footsteps of TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Sky Broadband, Everything Everywhere, BE and O2, which banned access to the popular file-sharing site in response to the court order made in April.

However, users have already got around the blockades, according to the BBC.

A representative of the UK Pirate Party, the political part of The Pirate Bay, told the BBC that proxy sites had been made available “within minutes” to give users access to The Pirate Bay.

The representative added that the majority of the traffic (30 percent) to the proxy sites appeared to come from Virgin Media customers, 15 percent via Sky, 10 percent via BT, six percent via TalkTalk and three percent via O2.